NATIVE AMERICAN COURTING FLUTE MUSIC

The Best of Tchin

The Best of Tchin is a compilation of 28 beautiful songs from all of Tchin’s previous recordings. He plays his beautiful, haunting songs on a variety of traditional flutes from short to long ones, from four holes to six. In addition to the Native American courting flute, the array of flutes include the nose flute, drone flute and elk flute. Other accompanying instruments include the drum and thumb piano. Guest musicians featured are Yovani on the South American pan pipe and Jerry Topak on acoustic guitar.

CD: $12

Atlantic Sunrise / Pacific Sunset

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This album is 55 minutes long with a 30 minute title song. You first hear the Atlantic Ocean — a canoe coming ashore at sunrise. Tchin’s flute music is accompanied with different sounds of nature (birds, ducks, crickets, frogs, wind, rain, thunder, streams) from various parts of North America as Grandfather Sun travels across Turtle Island (North America). As the sun sets over the Pacific, you hear the sounds of this great water. The flute is played in the traditionally ageless style of Indian love music. Perfect meditation music.

Cassette: $3

Wind (Nominated for NAMA - Native American Music Award)

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A first-ever collaboration of the beautiful haunting sounds of the Native North American Indian flute and the melodic, majestic sounds of the South American pan pipe played by Yovani. Yovani, an outstanding South American Indian musician, has played and toured with many well known musicians, most notable, Paul Simon. Fifty-five minutes of playing time with 24 tracks, accompanied by nature sounds of North and South America, rattles, guitar, keyboard, some piano, Apache nose flute and rain sticks. It is perfect for relaxation, visualization or holding loved ones.

Cassette: $3

Sky Gifts

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Tchin’s first recording is 46 minutes long, accompanied with the sounds of nature — birds, wind, rain, etc. There are four traditional songs from different parts of the country — Northeast Woodlands, Southwest, Northern Plains and the Great Lakes. The song “I Love You Too,” is of dueling flutes. Two young men are vying for the attention of the same young girl through their flute playing. There are also two vocables — “Traveling Song” and “Singing.”

Cassette: $3

Interesting fact: Dancing, singing, and speaking in Native language was against the law of the United States Government. Therefore, the 'People' invented vocables and continued to dance and sing. The “Traveling Song" is traditionally sung while walking through the woods so as to not to surprise anyone or to be mistaken for an enemy — a way of announcing “I’m here. I come in peace.”

AMERICAN INDIAN STORYTELLING

Collection of American Indian Lessons, By Tchin


“American Indian Lessons” is a cassette created in the oral custom of a people who educate with insight and humor. Included is an introduction to the storytelling tradition. Tchin's reciting of these long-standing stories is accompanied with sounds of nature and flute music.

CD: $12
Cassette: $3

Rabbit's Wish for Snow

Tchin’s book, “Rabbit's Wish for Snow,” tells us how rabbits come to look the way they do and why a special tree looks the way it does... It was published by Scholastic in 1998 and later it was translated to French by Scholastic Canada. A fun, lighthearted children's story, enjoyable for adults too.